Erotic recipe:
a sizzle of spice, a soupcon of salacious, a smack of spanking (adjust to taste),
a drizzle of passion,
and a whole lot of romance.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Wicked Wanton Wednesday Welcomes Back Maggie Carpenter

One of the more
prolific authors in the genre today, Maggie whips out hit after hit of sexy,
spicy, spanking good erotic romance with a salacious taste of BDSM. Oh yeah!
That’s what I call HOT!

Today, she
brought along an excerpt from The Strict British Barrister, Act One, which pleases me greatly because surely
Act Two and possibly Act Three, Four and Five will follow. Lucky us
J

The Strict British
Barrister, Act One

“When
Bratty Brittany comes out to play,

it’s
her bottom that’s going to pay.”

Duncan Rhys-Davies is
an eminent British barrister, but he has a secret life outside his office, and
another, completely covert vocation.

Duncan is a lifestyle
Dominant, and an author of BDSM romance novels under the alias, A.S. Cane.

Though he writes his
books late at night, he finishes them by taking long ocean voyages away from
the hustle and bustle of his everyday life.

He has had a few
shipboard escapades, but when he meets Brittany Carter, a spoiled, southern
belle, he finds himself caught up in a whirlwind romance. His heart becomes
captive to the mischievous young woman, and he struggles to make sense of the
sudden and intense attraction.

Brittany finds the
confident, handsome British gentleman mysterious and irresistible, and
constantly fantasizes about him. Though
outwardly reserved she has a wicked side, and quickly discovers Duncan has his
own, unique way of dealing with a difficult diva.

Cruise the Pacific with these compelling characters as they
both find themselves surrendering. Bratty Brittany to the strict British
barrister who makes her behave, and Duncan Rhys-Davies, whose heart refuses to
be denied.

Enjoy
an excerpt from The Strict British Barrister:

With the butt plug still firmly in place,
he raised his hand and began her spanking.
Duncan was a very patient man when it came to delivering his discipline,and as he’d promised his hard smacks
were delivered with a methodical, measured pace, the heat and sting of each
slap being allowed to fully register.

He would occasionally rest his palm on
her reddening skin, enjoying the heat that radiated back at him, and when her
bottom was sufficiently scorched he paused, tapped the flange for a moment or
two, underscoring his point, then slowly pulled it out.

“You can rest. I’ll be back in a moment
with my slipper.”

Brittany turned her head from the pillow
and took several long deep breaths. Her
backside was on fire, never had she endured such embarrassment, and she was
filled with remorse.

I’ve
become Emily. Emily received ten extra
slipper smacks because she’d protested something. Why didn’t I remember that? Oooh, my butt
hurts so much, and that thing inside me, oooh, that was so weird. I can’t believe he did that. It was in the book, but he did it to her
after they’d been together, and it...

The sound of his approaching footfalls broke into her mind
chatter, and as he placed his hand on the small of her back she returned her
head to the cushion.

This
is going to really hurt, I know that, but it’s only ten. I can deal with ten, at least, I think I can.

“These will not be slow, Brittany, and this will not be
pleasant.”

“None of this has been pleasant,” she
whimpered into the pillow.

“What did you say?” he frowned.

“Sir, I said, none of this has been
pleasant,” she repeated, then hastily added, “but I wasn’t being cheeky.”

“I would certainly hope not, because I
have no compunction about making it twenty.”

“Ooh, Sir, I meant no disrespect,” she said
quickly, hoping her tremulous voice relayed her sincerity.

“Prepare yourself, head into the pillow,”
he directed, his voice stern, “and no more comments.”

Gritting her teeth she did as he said,
and as the slipper began to dance upon her scalded behind, lacing it with a
searing heat, she squealed into the cushion.

The leather carried its own brand of
sting, and though the ten were dispatched quickly and the punishment was over
in seconds, she was moaning and twisting her hips when he finished.

“Stay as you are. I will be back to place you in the corner
shortly.”

Duncan moved to the bar and poured
himself a shot of cognac; it was his ritual, to have a drink after delivering
discipline. She’d taken her spanking
with fortitude, never once begging him to stop as many had in the past.

You
are just as unique as I thought you would be, Brittany Carter. This is going to be a very interesting few
days.

I was on the cruise described in the book, five days
on the Pacific from Hawaii to Tahiti. I
fantasized at the time, about a scandalous shipboard romance with a handsome
Brit.

The handsome Brit was inspired by a real-life
handsome Brit Dom I did have a very exciting, toe curling relationship with,
and the strict British barrister bears quite a resemblance. (As did The British
Billionaire Bachelor).

MT: What is
you writing process? Plotter or
pantser? (Plotter: methodical process including an outline,
notes and highlighters, or pantser: fly
by the seat of your pants, write frenetically and go back and clean up the
mess.)

MC: Ah,
definitely the latter, and I love the word - Pantser.

MT: No wonder you publish so quickly, you Pantser you. How do you do
it? Do you treat writing like a job,
with daily word count goals, or do you write when the spirit moves you?

MC: Both. Writing is my job, but I also love it, and
the spirit moves me constantly, sometimes waking me up at 3:30 in the morning,
forcing me out of bed and on to the computer.

I don’t have word count goals, though when a
prolific writer states that he or she has written ‘x’ number of words on a
given day I do find it motivating.

The thing is, once I have a book in my head, I
generally have the whole book in my head, and I absolutely must get it
out. Most of the time my stories run
between 50-60,000 words, and when I reach the 35k mark, I’m dying to complete
the book, not because I want to stop, but because my characters are racing to
the finish line. That’s when my work
ticks up a notch, and I find myself at the keyboard at 6:30 am, and still going
at midnight.

MT: I can relate, but I'm at the computer at midnight and still going at 6:30 am.

Next... To
self-pub, or not, that is the question.
Do you or have you self-published?
What do you find are the pros and cons.

MC: This is a
huge question. I don’t know how to be
succinct.

First, I have had publishers in the past, and both
would be happy to publish me now (I believe) but I chose the indie path because,
even though I’m a submissive, I am a control freak when it comes to my work.

I want control over the cover, I don’t like working
with editors, and I like to track sales, none of which is doable with a
publisher.

Being an indie is more work, and I don’t have the
support system, or the review machine, that publishers can offer, so I think I
probably have less sales, but I make more because there’s no-one slicing into
my pie. I like to think it’s a wash. I
do miss all the reviews though, that’s a tough nut.

MT: Social
media is a wonderful thing, but it also takes a lot of time away from
writing. How do you balance the two?

MC: Aaargh. You said it.
It’s very difficult. I wish I had
social media help.

I usually do the social media work when I need a
break from the book. The book must be
the priority, and initially I had a tough time trying to find a balance. I’m not sure there is one. It’s a chicken and
egg question, but the book will always come first.

MT: Your my hero. FB sucks me in. I wish I could turn it off and focus, but it calls to me. Sigh...

There has
been a lot of discussion in social media and the blogs of late about changes in
the ebook industry, including difficulties with self publishing and also the
recent crack down on erotic content including titles, cover art, and the scary
Amazon dungeon. How have you been
affected and what do you see as the future impact on authors?

MC: If you
look at my covers you’ll see that most are fairly tame, with the suggestion of
what’s inside, rather than an blatant graphic.
I love sexy covers, but I can’t risk them so I don’t use them. It’s a form of censorship, but I there are
ways to work around it.

My first book, Elizabeth’s Education, was thrown in
Amazon’s Adult Dungeon. The publisher used a very obvious picture, and down it
went. I must confess though, that of all
my books this one, and it’s sequel, Elizabeth’s Education, The Inheritance,
probably justify an Adult rating.
There’s quite a bit of very wicked stuff in both books, especially the
first.

Covert Cravings though, published by Blushing,
certainly did not deserve to be banished to the Adult Dungeon. It’s a charming
little book, and I don’t see an issue with the cover. The publisher, Bethany,
contacted Amazon, and was told the book was given the rating because it
contained a scene with a ‘forced orgasm’.
Heavens, the character absolutely loved being tied up with a vibrator
between her legs, who wouldn’t?
Apparently the Amazon censors wouldn’t, and found it offensive.

I don’t have a crystal ball, but I think most
authors are going to write what they write, and deal with the fall-out as it
happens. Sometimes rumors can be tempests in a teapot. I just go about my work and hope that people
like it and continue to support me. What
else can one do?

MT: Adapt. Amazon, aka the Big A and Zon, is a titan in our industry so we must adapt or perish, yes?

Now, some fun stuff...

Tell me 5 fun facts about yourself, sexy or mundane
is up to you…

MC: Oh, dear, I never do well with things like this, but
here goes.

1. I’m an animal nut, horses and dogs especially.

2.I
have a very wicked imagination, and one day I’m going to write something really
dark, but probably under an alias.

3.Lingerie,
wearing it, yummy.

4.I
abhor housework, any kind of housework, but I’m a neat-nick, which makes
life...well...you can imagine. Perhaps if I was dressed in a sexy maid’s outfit
and a Dom was standing over me with a crop while I vacuumed, it might change my
perspective. What do you think?

5.Love
fog and rain,..loathe the sun and the heat.
(That’s pretty boring, right?)

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